In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
FORESIDE
Etymology
Noun
foreside (plural foresides)
The front or fore part of anything; front face of a thing; front side.
The outside or external covering.
Source: Wiktionary
Fore"side, n.
1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.
2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COAXING
(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; “a coaxing and obsequious voice”; “her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable”
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